Mahane Yatir
Mahane Yatir (Hebrew: מחנה יתיר, lit. Yatir Camp), also known as Lev Yatir (Hebrew: לב יתיר, Heart of Yatir), is a village in the Yatir Forest in southern Israel.
Mahane Yatir
מחנה יתיר | |
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  Mahane Yatir | |
| Coordinates: 31°20′52″N 35°03′38″E | |
| Country | Israel |
| District | Southern |
| Founded | 1979 |
History
The village was established in 1979, and was named after a biblical city (Joshua 15:48) here in the allotment of the Tribe of Judah[1] In 2008 a gar'in was formed to establish a new village, Hiran, in the nearby area. The group moved to Mahane Yatir in 2010 in order to acclimatise to local conditions.[2] In 2013 it was added to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics count of localities.[3]
References
- Carta's Official Guide to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land. (3rd edition 1993) Jerusalem, Carta, p309 ISBN 965-220-186-3
- History Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Hiran
- Statistics abstract of Israel 2014 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
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